Daow Dress

Gallery: POP PhotosPosted March 3, 2012233 views7 comments

Trying to save gas money for spring weather and landscape shots so nothing in the landscape area to share as of late. Spring storms are more photogenic than wind blasted brown and white high plains.

However, I'm an avid portrait photographer. Love the control you have over lighting with strobes. And I don't have to pay ridiculous gas prices to take photos of my wonderful wife in the basement. ;]

Never posted in the particular section..nice idea NPN.

Can't remember how many lights on this one..maybe 3 or 4, and a silver reflector below.

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Verdon on March 3, 2012 at 5:56 PM

beautiful by nature, nice use of lights !

Registered on June 10, 2011, 147 Posts, 1444 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on March 3, 2012 at 9:57 PM

Lovely portrait of a beautifull lady..
Light control sure is nice!
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Max Waugh on March 4, 2012 at 12:49 AM

The soft light looks great on her skin. Wish I had a better grasp of lighting so I could try stuff like this!

Max

Registered on September 26, 2008, 428 Posts, 2329 Comments

Comment posted by Nicolaus Wegner on March 4, 2012 at 1:38 AM

Thanks guys.

Max, like any other study, a bit of reading and practice will get you headed in the right direction.

Best lighting book I ever read was: http://www.amazon.com/Light-Science-Introduction-Photographic-Lighting/dp/0240808193

HIGHLY recommended for anyone wanting to further understand the basic underlying principles and applications of light, both natural and artificial, in just about any type of photography. I use many of these practices in my landscape photography. Like they say, it's all about the light!

Registered on February 21, 2010, 133 Posts, 1509 Comments

Comment posted by Buck Ward on March 5, 2012 at 8:22 PM

A lovely portrait, Nicolaus. Very nice indeed. While my avocation is outdoor photography (not necessarily nature photography), I too love portraiture. I currently earn my meager living making and selling portraits. These are rapid-fire production line products, in a studio that is not my own, with little control over lighting and none over camera settings. I do eight to ten sits a day with most of my time going to selling rather than photographing. On the other hand, the portraits I make in my own little studio on my own time don't pay for themselves, but are so much more satisfying.

I do appreciate your fine photograph here, your subject's posture and turn of the head, the Rembrandt lighting, and all the subtle things that went into making this portrait. Thanks for sharing this one with us. You inspire me to do better in my day job.

For those interested, I concur with Nicolaus' endorsement of the book Light Science and Magic

Registered on December 8, 2003, 96 Posts, 1917 Comments

Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on March 7, 2012 at 10:40 PM

A very lovely portrait, Nicolaus. Nice pose and great lighting. My only nit, and a minor one, is the shadow of her nose: it's just a bit too dark, considering the lighting on the rest of her face. It's still a wonderfully done photograph.

--P

Registered on November 1, 2003, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments

Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on March 16, 2012 at 10:03 PM

Lovely work !

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